Orchid counselling service
"One's destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things"
Henry Miller
1891-1980
About me
I am diploma qualified, and my client area covers Calderdale, Kirklees and Bradford.
My own core model of counselling is person centred, however to achieve the maximum benefit,
to you as clients I may also use other models of counselling in an eclectic way.
These include Gestalt, Transactional Analysis and Pyschodynamic. I maintain that you are the
best expert on what is going on for you, and together we explore these issues using honesty
and trust to promote the developing relationship.
I am currently employed, Monday and Tuesday, by the Oakdale Centre (Harrogate), working in various GP surgeries within Calderdale. The Oakdale Centre in Harrogate provides professional counselling, psychotherapy, psychiatric and psychological services for individuals, groups, couples and families.
I offer a confidential service to a variety of client groups
Bereavement counselling
Separation and loss
Sexual abuse
Drug and alcohol abuse
Smoking cessation
Abusive/damaging relationships
Relationship counselling
Anxiety and panic attacks
Depression
Behaviour modification
Anger management
Self-esteem
assertivenss/confidence building
career coaching
Stress management
Relaxation techniques
Understanding food misuse and addiction
Most of our life we are faced with challenges and difficulties
What counselling can offer is the promotion of well-being, and exploring areas of life that you may be finding hard and helping you to deal them more effectively. This is achieved by creating the opportunity for difference, working in a person centred direction. The relationship is equal, leading to growth and change, by identifying the areas that you may wish to change, and finding the inner resources to do so.
There are many times in our lives when we all really feel we need someone to listen to us. Clients are seen as individuals with unique qualities. Counselling can help uncover long forgotten strengths, by talking and exploring different ways of being, promoting choices and helping you to discover the prefered you.
The fundamental values of counselling and psychotherapy include a commitment to:
Respecting human rights and dignity
Ensuring the integrity of practitioner-client relationships
Enhancing the quality of professional knowledge and its application
Alleviating personal distress and suffering
Fostering a sense of self that is meaningful to the person(s) concerned
Increasing personal effectiveness
Enhancing the quality of relationships between people
Appreciating the variety of human experience and culture
Striving for the fair and adequate provision of counselling and psychotherapy services
From "The ethical framework for good practice in counselling and psychotherapy" BACP web page.